Up to 50,000 Commonwealth-born individuals who arrived before 1971 still do not have permanent residency status. London – Caribbean Commonwealth high commissioners have called on the UK government to resolve the issue of elderly Caribbean-born undocumented residents at risk of being deported by the Home Office. Many of the Caribbean-born individuals whose undocumented status has now […]

The prime minister has been accused of corruption, but many in Hungary are unconvinced or uninterested in the opposition’s claims. The last major rallies have been held in Hungary before Sunday’s election. Most opinion polls suggest Prime Minister Viktor Orban will win a third term. His final campaign speech was filled with statements against immigration. […]

Reporters say Adil Sabry was targeted over the website’s coverage of Egypt elections and criticism of state authorities. Egyptian journalists have spoken out in support of a detained news website editor, saying state authorities targeted him over the outlet’s coverage of the country’s recent presidential elections. Police in Cairo on Tuesday raided the office of […]

Construction of the partially-built 700-kilometre border wall, locals say has helped prevent al-Shabab fighters from crossing into Kenya, has been suspended, Kenya has suspended construction of a 700-kilometre border wall after confrontations between security officers and people from a nearby Somali town. Locals say the partially-built wall has helped prevent al-Shabab fighters from crossing into […]

Evacuation part of wider agreement between Hay’et Tahrir al-Sham and government for surrender of military hardware. The Syrian government has reached an evacuation deal with fighters from Hay’et Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) to leave the Yarmouk refugee camp in southern Damascus. The official SANA news agency announced on Monday that the fighters and their families, numbering […]

Inspectors with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons are on stand by waiting to enter the area of Douma. Russia is denying US accusations that it is trying to delay international inspectors getting to the site of a suspected gas attack in Syria. The team is still waiting for access to the area […]

The water from Gaza’s taps is unsafe to drink because it contains dangerous levels of chlorine and sulphate. Clean drinking water is a luxury in Gaza. Waste treatment plants cannot work at full capacity because of electricity and fuel shortages, which means sewage is pumped directly into the Mediterranean Sea. Israel’s 10-year blockade on Gaza […]

LIMA (Reuters) – At least 20 people were killed and eight injured when the double-decker bus they were traveling in caught on fire in the Peruvian capital Lima on Sunday, a spokesman for the country’s firefighters said. Witnesses said the fire started in the bus’s motor at the rear of the vehicle and quickly spread […]

Former Brazilian leader Lula da Silva surrendered to police on Saturday to begin serving a 12-year jail sentence for corruption. Brazil’s former president is not missing out on seeing his favourite football team in action, despite being locked up. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has some home comforts now that he is in prison for […]

Authorities say at least 20 people were killed when a fire broke out in a bus at an informal stop on the northern outskirts of Peru’s capital. Fire department spokesman Lewis Mejia said Sunday the blaze took place while the bus was at a stop where poor people catch buses, often at lower fares than […]